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Subject: [Leica] Ashby to Ashuelot, MA in Infrared
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 09:16:38 -0500
References: <50723078.3000803@hemenway.com> <ABCAFD6ADF9F4B1782AC5CDE4CB9C365@jimnichols> <5072D5DE.1010502@hemenway.com>

We had them to protect from icing. Snow is also a problem when It comes as 
we get so little that bridges and overpasses become impassable with amounts 
you might laugh at.  Of course most covered bridges are gone in the South as 
we have "progress"

Sent from my iPhonet

Sonny Carter
http://www.SonC.com/look


On Oct 8, 2012, at 8:32 AM, Jim Hemenway <jim at hemenway.com> wrote:

> Hi Jim:
> 
> Thanks for looking.
> 
> i wasn't aware of any covered bridges as far south as Mississippi, having 
> been told years ago that they existed to protect their underpinnings from 
> snow.
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> On 10/7/12 10:12 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> Ashuelot Covered Bridge does it for me, Jim.  I have always had a soft 
>> spot for covered bridges.  I grew up about a mile south of one, in 
>> Mississippi. My great-grandfather, a Connecticut Yankee, came to 
>> Mississippi before the Civil War and built bridges and other things.
>> 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Hemenway" <jim at hemenway.com>
>> To: "LUG" <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2012 8:46 PM
>> Subject: [Leica] Ashby to Ashuelot, MA in Infrared
>> 
>> 
>>> Tomorrow is Columbus Day and it's especially observed here in New 
>>> England. The Leaf Peepers are everywhere and a lot of mountains get 
>>> climbed. Mount Monadic looks like the Sermon on the Mount by mid day.  
>>> It's said to be the second most climbed in the world after Mount Fuji.
>>> 
>>> I'm still catching up on doing a years+ worth of scanning and working my 
>>> raw files.
>>> 
>>> So here's some of my photos from Columbus day a ago for your viewing 
>>> pleasure.
>>> 
>>> http://www.half-fast.com/10082011-Ashby-Ashuelot-ISDS-IR/
>>> 
>>> Jim
>>> 
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>> 
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